Roo created app with a custom xhtml page has issues with "action" attribute for the commandbutton

I made an app with dbre et al with a Mojarra-Primefaces front-end. Works well. I removed Roo. Then I put in a custom xhtml page. I have correctly called a ManagedBean method from a button within the xhtml. But it tells me there is no action like what I am trying to trigger in my ManagedBean, which is incorrect. If I use the "actionListener" attribute for my button, my action is seen, but not with "action" attribute pointing to same method(it gives the javax.el.faces.MethodNotFoundException. What gives. Stalls my progress...

It may not be strictly a Roo qn, but since I created the app with Roo may have something to do with the combo of <something> that is being used.
Shown below is the snippet of autogenerated pom.
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.faces</groupId>
<artifactId>jsf-api</artifactId>
<version>2.1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.faces</groupId>
<artifactId>jsf-impl</artifactId>
<version>2.1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.primefaces</groupId>
<artifactId>primefaces</artifactId>
<version>3.0.M4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.primefaces.themes</groupId>
<artifactId>south-street</artifactId>
<version>1.0.2</version>
</dependency>